Re: Bug regarding Debian trixie (Ioannis Tsoulos)
Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>
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On 2025-09-08 21:44:15 +0200, M. Münch wrote: > Dear Norbert, > > putting the current file from CTAN into TEXMFLOCAL or TEXMFHOME - would that > not result in TeX using those file even if a newer version has been included > into the Debian installation? Ioannis wants to use the current version (not > some private modification), there is apparently an older version used by > Debian still, and whenever the Debian distribution does update that version, > it is fine that the old version is overwritten. > > Do I misunderstand something? In any case, if there is a newer version of the Debian package in trixie (typically fixing a security issue), the file in question will probably remain the same, overriding the user's change if the user changed the Debian file. Isn't there a way to choose the highest version among those available in the path? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)